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SSH1 | 
SSH2 | 
OpenSSH | 
Option | 
Meaning | 
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-2 | 
Use SSH-2 protocol only | 
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-4 | 
Use IPv4 addresses only | 
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-6 | 
Use IPv6 addresses only | 
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-8 | 
No effect; simply passed along to rsh on fallback;
signifies 8-bit clean connection | 
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-a | 
Disable agent forwarding | 
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+a | 
Enable agent forwarding | 
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-A | 
Enable agent forwarding | 
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-c cipher | 
Select encryption cipher | 
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-C | 
Enable compression | 
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-C | 
Disable compression | 
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+C | 
Enable compression | 
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-d level | 
Enable debug messages | 
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-d "module=level" | 
Enable debug messages per module | 
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-e character | 
Set escape character (^ = Ctrl key) | 
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-f | 
Fork into background | 
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-F filename | 
Use other configuration file | 
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-g | 
Gateway locally forwarded ports | 
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-h | 
Print help message | 
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-i filename | 
Select identity file | 
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-k | 
Disable Kerberos ticket forwarding | 
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-l username | 
Remote username | 
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-L port1:host2: port2 | 
Local port forwarding | 
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-m algorithm | 
Select MAC algorithm | 
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-n | 
Redirect stdin from /dev/null | 
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-N | 
Execute no remote command | 
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-o "keyword value" | 
Set configuration keyword | 
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-p port | 
Select TCP port number | 
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-P | 
Use nonprivileged port | 
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-q | 
Quiet mode | 
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-R port1:host2: port2 | 
Remote port forwarding | 
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-s subsystem | 
Invoke remote subsystem | 
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-S | 
No session channel | 
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-t | 
Allocate tty | 
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-T | 
Don't allocate tty | 
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-v | 
Verbose mode | 
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-V | 
Print version number | 
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-x | 
Disable X forwarding | 
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+x | 
Enable X forwarding | 
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-X | 
Enable X forwarding |